By mid-to-late 2005, Suicide Girls was churning out quality sets with such fervent frequency that it is difficult to assess this output in detail unless one bites off JUST ENOUGH to chew.
Thus, this installment will focus on the fecund months of August and September: 2005.
Things got going with @tsui and her ass-tastic Between Rocks .
FINALLY a set for the ass men.
I have a theory on why tits were still the focus of the American nudity consumer and why that taste evolved into a more ass-loving public, but we will get to that theory when the time is right.
Here, we see the ruddy bum of Tsui.
She has a great pair of tits.
But this set is really remarkable for this time in that it shows SO MANY ASS SHOTS.
It’s quite a lovely shoot all-around.
Next we come to a QUITE SIGNIFICANT multi-girl set: Candyass by @apnea and @benni .
This one scores points for many reasons.
Frankly, I do not see multi-girl sets like this anymore.
Perhaps the “rules” changed at some point.
At any rate, the early-ish SG multi-girl sets are delightfully-SHOCKING if you have been “raised” on the more modern style.
This one hammers the point home.
Two girls and some ice cream.
Not a very revolutionary premise.
But what if one gal crams an ice cream cone into the other’s snatch?
OK!!!
And that’s exactly what happens.
The action continues to heat up from there.
This set also incorporates those little multicolored ice cream sprinkles to great effect.
And, as in so many of these early SG multis, there is a convincing kiss.
This set is special.
Check it out!
Next we move to @sadiemae as photographed by the lovely @missy .
The set is Playing With Dough .
I adore this scenario!
And here we see a sort of “food porn” set THE DAY AFTER the ice cream shoot.
I notice that often ideas will pop up multiple times in a two or three month span.
There will be a “trend” (so to speak).
Of course, these two shoots were PROBABLY unaware of one another (generally speaking).
But it was a nice bit of curation by the editors/webmasters/managers (what have you).
Sadiemae looks simply ravishing in this set.
And Missy (as always) seems to get her models’ nipples to be the most divine shade of pink.
It’s as if the focus of the photographs are the model’s nipples.
And this makes sense.
And it is smart!
Another observation: the LIGHTING in the sets that Missy shoots is SO DAMNED-GOOD.
So check out the doughy goodness of this collection!
But we come quite early to a set I tipped THIS VERY NIGHT.
[reminder, many of these sets can be tipped]
Continuing the food theme was @jem with Eat Me .
Good gawd, this set is perfection!!!
Great hairstyle.
Awesome, big black-and-white stripes on her outfit.
An attention to complementary colors.
And my favorite combo: pink and green.
Notice how that pale-green towel just being IN the shot makes the pinks POP!
And not least, this gal has some divine breasts.
Here is a model who became a Suicide Girl in 2004…and she has less than 1,000 [sic] followers.
Can we rectify this?
This lady deserves a couple of extra zeroes on that right side.
Fantastic work by Jem!!!
Ok, more boobs…
Check out @eliska in Sand Castle .
This one could totally be in Playboy.
It’s a very “mainstream” set.
But it also has a cool From Here to Eternity vibe to it.
Those waves.
That hair.
[those tits!]
Sex on the beach.
Sea, sex & sun.
Ok, what else is in the teaches of Peaches?
How’s about more food?
SG was HONGRY in August of 2005.
This time it’s sushi.
And it’s @mei who pulls it off nicely in Sushi Line .
While Mei has the most poetic areolas, the shot which really makes this a SPECIAL set to me is the close up of her face (not the first one where she is bowing, but the second one).
Her face takes up the whole frame.
We are drawn to her smoky eyes.
And this extreme close-up BREAKS UP the narrative of the set so effectively!!!
I cannot stress enough how powerful a tactic this is.
One well-placed close-up (it could be of a nipple, an eye…something that brings us into the action) can make all the difference to me in elevating a set from pedestrian to SUPER-STAR.
This is quite a nice set.
Mei is a star here.
And all the elements of the shoot are in harmony.
How about something transgressive??
Amidst all of these foodie pin-ups, here comes @granny (the best name…seriously…like Sonic Youth) to drop the bomb Two Ply .
Oh, yeah…she’s gonna be chewing on something, but it’s gonna be toilet paper.
Everybody cool with that?
I freaking love this set!
And then she gets down and dirty and toilet-papers herself like a tree.
Again, kudos to the editors/managers for placing this set amongst other chewy delights.
But major kudos to Granny for the IMAGINATION to come up with this!!!
I think this is perhaps the best reason (in general) to go back through the SG archives.
When you see something like Two Ply, you know that model had a switched-on mind.
I adore that this set fucks with the paradigm that these other gourmet shoots were laying down.
Now, how’s about a fucking classic?
Get out your Zippo and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em…
Because @vitriol is “Lady Luck” in Card Stack .
What a fucking work of art this is!
It ABSOLUTELY advances the canon of pin-up photography.
And, again, IMAGINATION is key!!
How’s about that house of cards?
And Vitriol with her penetrating eyes gazing through the spaces between cards??
THAT is fucking genius.
And, again, we get a GREAT close-up to “sum up” the set for us (something we will take with us—an archetypal image): eyes above a fanned-out hand of poker.
Peering just about the edges of the cards.
And the whole thing framed by Vitriol’s bad-ass motorcycle hairdo.
This set really, really speaks to me.
Some Make Americana Hot Again right here!!
Alright, more boobs.
I promise.
Nothing revs my engine quite like a gal with black hair, pale skin, and hugs jugs.
And here you have it.
Die My Darling featuring @cain .
Throw in that Misfits poster and the whole thing goes off like an explosion of lust.
Fan-fucking-tastic job!!!
Alright, on to ANOTHER set I tipped tonight: China Doll by @nadine .
I love the closeness of this set.
The model is CLOSE to the camera.
I don’t have to get out my fucking loupe to see her many facets.
Suffice it to say, Nadine is a diamond.
Nothing rough about her.
She came to this shoot ready to be a star.
And she is.
But life would be boring if it was all samey-same.
So THANK FUCK for @sarahjane and her GODDAMNED GENIUS shoot Cheese Fun .
Watch out, Peggy Bundy, Sarahjane is COMIN’ for ya!!!
This is truly one of the coolest sets I have ever seen.
Somebody call John Waters.
This is art.
But this is Suicide Girls, right?
Time to put some PUNK ROCK into this equation.
The Dead Doll by @jinx does just that!
Dig the shot of the switchblade in the little Fire Walk With Me shrine.
Positively creepy AND memorable.
Good shit!!
Another VERY memorable set dropped soon thereafter: Squeakbot by @squeak .
This set is fucking genius.
You gotta really look at it.
Read the classified ads.
This is definitely a “high concept” set and it is a fucking grand slam.
Again, this is art.
The next set is, once again, the product of a great imagination.
Death of a Shoe by @bunny is very clever and effective.
There are few things I love seeing more than SOMETHING I’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
So I salute the models and photographers on SG who keep things NOVEL!
It is not easy to do.
But perhaps it is easier when one KNOWS what has and hasn’t been done.
That’s what I’m here for.
Mr. Nerdy McNerdenstein on a Friday night neck-deep in 20-year-old pin-ups.
But it’s worth it.
Just seeing these blasts from the past is inspiring (no matter what your “art” is).
There are great lessons to be learned from these photo spreads.
Speaking of blasts, how’s about @thea in Polar Bear .
I mean…wow.
These are some boobs you gotta see.
Speaking of which, I am always impressed by @reagan ‘s work—and she really outdoes herself on Laundry Service .
But be forewarned: you may indeed fall in love with Reagan if you look at this set.
Caveat emptor!
Ok, how about some Hipster Style ???
No worries: @hedy has us covered.
I mean…golly.
Just more and more FANTABULOUS shoots from August/September 2005.
Truly a wealth of riches!!
Some boobs are almost frightening in their awesomeness.
And that’s what we get from @sheena in Alone After Dark .
These breasts have my full respect!
Now to one of my FAVORITE Suicide Girls models.
Why is she one of my favorites?
Because A). she is a total Fox
And B). SHE FOLLOWED ME BACK on here.
Such a class move.
I love it when models follow me back.
We know you’re all stars.
No need to be aloof.
Give a fella a follow.
So thank you to @madison who, btw, ROCKED IT on her set Pin Up Appeal .
Again, this is undeniably ART.
And this set is for the leg lovers.
Get a load of those gams!
Madison comes off like a gun-slingin’, pin-up outlaw in this set.
And the photography does her justice.
Bright.
Crisp.
Crackling!
Minimalist.
Not a clutter of props.
Give the model room to breathe.
I really love this set and I think Madison is the bee’s knees.
Next we got a nuclear achievement from bikini-clad @lavonne .
Ok, she doesn’t actually have a bikini on.
But it just felt like the most nuclear word I could trot out.
Lemme tell ya…Lavonne does the model-photographer thing to THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE with A Great Painter .
I think even Matisse would have dug this one.
She paints herself into the canvas.
And steps out of the frame.
She blurs the line between art and life.
And it doesn’t hurt that she has fantastic knockers!!
Go and check out this MASTERPIECE and leave the lady a tip if you are moved by her achievement.
Back to my magic formula: black hair, pale skin, and wonderful breasts.
Check out @melinda in Blue Velvet .
I mean…such a seductress here!!
And after 18 years, this set has 233 [sic] likes.
Get the fuck outta here!!!
This set is GOLDEN!
What an amazing model!!!
Alright, ass men (and ass women), we now have some more transgressive pin-ups and this one is INCOMING.
Get your rocks off to @trixie in Flushed .
Scratches on the back.
Soles of her feet smacked until they are maroon.
And remarkable hand imprints on her bottom.
It’s not really my niche, but I gotta hand it (no pun) to Trixie: this one was a bit SHOCKING even in the early, crazy days of SG.
And for that, I love it.
These are the sets that make SG different.
I adore these ladies like Trixie who were (whether consciously or not) bringing SG back to its early “tone”—that “we don’t give a fuck” abandon of 2001-2002.
Ok.
Now for some absolute magic.
Turn your attention to the goddess @alukh in her masterful coup A Classic Pose .
Boy, I tell ya…I am quite taken with this one.
There’s just no hair color that gets me jumpin’ like a grasshopper quite like red.
Natural red hair just turns me to a pool of goo on the floor.
I just completely Obi-Wan into a heap of nothingness.
And I adore Alukh’s generous, rosy areolas.
Wow.
This is just a STUNNING earthquake.
And please give Miss Alukh a follow.
She has 432 followers.
After 18 years on SG.
For Christ’s sake!!!
Ok, next we move to Bachelor by @chloe .
This set illustrates something important: the fact that it is hard for many people to get naked in front of a camera.
It takes guts.
And it also illustrates something else: unless your set is “self-shot”, there is a photographer staring at you the whole time and microscopically picking details of your naked body for all the world to see.
AND…sometimes (usually?) said photographers have an assistant.
For these really great photo shoots, there’s probably a person adjusting the lighting (the assistant).
And then there is the potential sexual dynamic between model and photographer.
Pin-up sets are intended to titillate.
They are classy (usually).
They’re not porn (per se).
But their purpose is arousal.
And so we come, in this set, to an interesting phenomenal.
The photographer was a bit intimidated (ostensibly) by Chloe’s magnificent voluptuousness.
This is understandable (I mean, she’s a solid-gold babe!).
So the photographer (a dude) had a female assistant on this shoot to dissipate the tension a bit.
The lovely thing is when the assistant wanders into the shots.
These three photos (to me) are the most enchanting because the assistant is totally unrehearsed (it seems).
Her reactions are candid.
Compare this to the suave assurance of Chloe.
The juxtaposition is really quite delicious.
Certainly a must-see set!!
How about boobs?
You like boobs?
Check out @nexus posing for All in Black .
Great boobs!
Alright, let’s put our transgressive pin-up hat on again.
Baby Doll Face by @kerosene is a strange wonder.
Here is a set that takes RISKS.
Ugly beauty.
Beauty in the midst of decay.
Black tulle.
Like a ballerina dancing to the edge of a crumbling world…
I think Charles Baudelaire would have adored this.
Next up is really a miracle of photography (not to mention some phenomenal modeling).
Green Nature by @venice is a poem in light—shot lovingly by @missy .
A sparse stippling of light adds just a touch of sweetness to this intimate portrait.
I really adore this one.
Next, a shout out to the first person who ever talked to me on SG—the awesome @fancy and her superb set IN Between Rooms .
I think Suicide Girls and Hopefuls can learn a great lesson from Fancy.
Making PERSONAL connections really does help your bottom line.
Is it time-consuming?
Sure.
But the Suicide Girls and Hopefuls who have my highest respect are those who GIVE A SHIT.
Indeed, building a fan base is an EVERY FUCKING DAY grind.
So thank you, Fancy, for being the first person here to reach out and say, “Hey, how you doin’?”.
It makes a big difference.
You never know who you’re talking to.
It could be an angel.
Or an angel investor.
Alright, back to boobs.
Check out @datura in Thinly Veiled .
It’s a delicate set and she looks angelic in it!
For some Richter scale madness, check out the profound mammaries of @frost in Stink .
Bloody jaw-dropping.
Next is a set that really took me by surprise.
I truly adore Rich Bitch by @manko .
Manko is one of the MOST-SMOKIN-HOT models that SG has ever seen.
Truly a fucking star!!!
Alright.
We don’t talk about vagina enough.
So here is @adahlia in Smokey Eyes .
Plenty of breasts here.
But something about that last shot really gives me chills (in the best way possible).
Plus, I was listening to “Half a Canyon” by Pavement when I first saw it.
So it was really a MOMENT.
I never get tired of @aiden , and Transmission is no exception to that rule.
Oh mylord.
This set bursts from its frame in the best way possible.
But SG is not just boobs and tits and perfect bodies.
SG is an artful-embracing of things that are DIFFERENT.
How’s about some wings made with feathers that puncture the model’s flesh???
Can’t say I’d ever seen that before.
But I have now.
Kudos to @kai who worked hard for her money on Pins and Wings .
This is certainly a very DIFFERENT sort of pin-up.
And what a beautiful gal!
Kai’s set dropped Sep 21, 2005.
And it was a face-off with @tina ‘s Warped to see who could have the most beautifully fucked-up set that early autumn day.
I really love the “insert” shots in Tina’s set.
There’s definitely a cinematic intercutting going on.
All of a sudden she has a skull mask on.
And then it’s gone again.
This set feels like the album Locust Abortion Technician by the Butthole Surfers.
And I mean that in the best way possible.
Because I adore their music (particular that warped masterpiece).
Again, hats off to Tina for having the GUTS to try this!!!
Absolutely fucking sensational!
Never underestimate sweat equity, right?
Definitely some elbow grease in Hotroom by @tiffany .
ATTN ASS MEN:
you’ll want to see this one.
ATTN BOOB MEN (AND WOMEN):
you will certainly want to see the voluptuous charms of @venla in Cold Cold Shower .
For boob men (like myself), looking at this set is like staring directly into the sun.
Painfully-beautiful.
It doesn’t get much better than this!!
Ok, time to recognize a photographer.
And today I want to recognize @lavonne for her work shooting Bubble Kiss by @malloreigh and @rin .
My favorite shots are of the BLURRED bubbles.
Wow!
It’s obvious that this set took some WORK.
But it was all worth it.
And I love the muted lighting on the polka-dot panties.
Vintage feel.
Classic conception.
Almost like Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite.
If you love redheads (as I do), you will want to see @lotus in Bedtime Stories .
This one knocks my socks clean off my fucking feet.
Astounding!
One thing I don’t talk about enough (so far) is creative and awesome ink.
So I would like to take this opportunity to point out a particularly-impressive chest/abdomen piece by @jaime in her set Rainbow Party .
I find the “ends” of this tattoo to be the most interesting.
What a fascinating unity it draws between vagina and breasts.
And what an adorable model!!
Next we have a piece that’s damn-near ready to be in MoMA: Astro Turf by @rys .
I think Marcel Duchamp would have loved this one.
There is a sort of fingernails-on-chalkboard vibe to it which is both unnerving and strangely-sexy.
This is truly a special set.
Alright.
Two more.
Put on Led Zeppelin IV and check out @adrena in Spotlight Seduction .
This set reminds me at once of both Farrah Fawcett and the film Buffalo ‘66.
AMAZING vibes on this one.
And finally we come to a nice bit of set design: @odette in The Wall Decor .
This really feels like Jacques Tati’s amazing film Play Time.
Ok, kids: time’s up for this installment.
I hope you’ll join me real soon for Chapter 14.
Y’all come back now, y’hear?
—Pauly Deathwish